Open source components are ubiquitous in companies' setups, processes, and software.
Utilizing these external components as building blocks enables companies to leverage the …

The large amount of third-party packages available in fast-moving software ecosystems,
such as Node. js/npm, enables attackers to compromise applications by pushing malicious …

While open-source software has enabled significant levels of reuse to speed up software
development, it has also given rise to the dreadful dependency hell that all software …

The reliance on vulnerable dependencies is a major threat to software systems.
Dependency vulnerabilities are common and remain undisclosed for years. However, once …

Modern software systems are increasingly dependent upon code from external packages
(ie, dependencies). Building upon external packages allows software reuse to span across …

Container-based solutions, such as Docker, have become increasingly relevant in the
software industry to facilitate deploying and maintaining software systems. Little is known …

Managing project dependencies is a key maintenance issue in software development.
Developers need to choose an update strategy that allows them to receive important …

Rust is an emerging programming language designed for the development of systems
software. To facilitate the reuse of Rust code, crates. io, as a central package registry of the …

Complex software systems have a network of dependencies. Developers often configure
package managers (eg, npm) to automatically update dependencies with each publication …

Background: Third party libraries used by a project (dependencies) can easily become
outdated over time, a phenomenon called technical lag. Keeping dependencies up to date …